Echoes of Unrequited Love

Chapter 191

Fingers crossed Wallis is just worrying over nothing.

We’ve plunged into the weekend amidst all the hustle and bustle.

Since I had fallen behind on work for a while, I stuck to my guns and chose to work overtime, as usual.

But halfway through, I got this urgent call out of the blue.

“Are you Jason’s next of kin? Please come to the city hospital right away.”

My heart skipped a beat when I heard that question, and I blurted out, “What’s happened to Jason?

“He’s got a leg injury, and he can barely make heads or tails of what he’s saying. What are your doing still standing there? Get over here, pronto!”

Leg injury? My mind went blank at those words; without hanging around, I bolted from my office.

An hour later, I saw Jason at the ER, whose leg was all wrapped up in bandages.

lost. Dark circles under his eyes almost told that he hadn’t slept a wink, and his eyes were all

yet, he was the one who was hurt.

my nose tingled, and I nearly burst into tears,

and tried to get up, using the chair

all heartache,

cautiously mumbled, “It’s nothing,

obviously hiding something.

and said, “You’re the patient’s family, huh? What’s the deal here? You leave the

after learning that the heavy object hadn’t damaged his bones did I breathe a

guard. How on earth did he end up

Jason hemmed and

this sour feeling inside, and my tone got

spill the beans, a piercing

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heard you were hurt. How bad is it?”

familiar voice, I’d heard it somewhere